Movie
Holding the Man
Overview
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-08-27
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Goalpost Pictures, Screen Australia, Snow Republic, John Barry Group
- Country
- Australia
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ryan Corr as Timothy Conigrave
- Craig Stott as John Caleo
- Guy Pearce as Dick Conigrave
- Sarah Snook as Pepe Trevor
- Anthony LaPaglia as Bob Caleo
- Geoffrey Rush as Barry
- Camilla Ah Kin as Lois Caleo
- Kerry Fox as Mary Gert Conigrave
- Tom Hobbs as Peter Craig
- Jacob Collins-Levy as Andrew
- Tony Rickards as Mr. O'Connell
- Lee Cormie as Eric
Crew
- Neil Armfield - Director
- Tommy Murphy - Writer
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